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Gerry Klug
Gerard Christopher Klug is an American game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Trained as a theatrical lighting designer, Gerry (Chris) Klug worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theater, opera, and toured with various 1970s rock bands. He won two New Jersey Critic's Circle Awards for lighting designs at the New Jersey Theater Forum. Klug then began writing adventures for Simulations Publications's line of role-playing games. He assisted with the design of ''Universe'', ''Horror Hotel'', '' Damocles Mission'', and the second edition of ''DragonQuest''. Klug and Robert Kern discussed creating an espionage role-playing game while working as designers at SPI; after SPI was purchased by TSR in 1982, eight SPI employees quit and Avalon Hill hired them to form their Victory Games subsidiary. Klug began working on his espionage design again, and when Victory Games acquired a James Bond license the game became '' James Bond 007'' (1983). For a time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Designer
Game design is the process of creating and shaping the mechanics, systems, rules, and gameplay of a game. Game design processes apply to board games, card games, dice games, casino games, role-playing games, sports, Wargame (video games), war games, or simulation games.In ''Elements of Game Design'', game designer Robert Zubek defines game design by breaking it down into three elements: * Game mechanics and systems, which are the rules and objects in the game. * Gameplay, which is the interaction between the player and the mechanics and systems. In ''Chris Crawford on Game Design'', the author summarizes gameplay as "what the player does". * Player experience, which is how users feel when they are playing the game. In Academy, academic research, game design falls within the field of game studies (not to be confused with game theory, which studies strategic decision making, primarily in non-game situations). Process of design Game design is part of a game's development from conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennell Jaquays
Jennell Allyn Jaquays (born Paul Jaquays; October 14, 1956 – January 10, 2024) was an American game designer, Game art design, video game artist, and illustrator of tabletop role-playing games (RPGs). Her notable works include the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' modules ''Dark Tower (module), Dark Tower'' and ''Caverns of Thracia'' for Judges Guild; the development and design of conversions on games such as ''Pac-Man'' and ''Donkey Kong'' for Coleco's ColecoVision, home arcade video game system; and more recent design work, including the ''Age of Empires'' series, ''Quake II'', and ''Quake III Arena''. One of her best known works as a fantasy artist is the cover illustration for TSR, Inc., TSR's ''Dragon Mountain (Dungeons & Dragons), Dragon Mountain'' Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons), adventure. Raised and educated mostly in southern Michigan, Jaquays and friends were early adopters of the ''D&D'' game, starting a game club which published a role playing fandom newsletter ''The Dungeoneer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Role-playing Designers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resistance
Resistance may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Comics * Either of two similarly named but otherwise unrelated comic book series, both published by Wildstorm: ** ''Resistance'' (comics), based on the video game of the same title ** ''The Resistance'' (WildStorm), by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Juan Santacruz * ''The Resistance'' (AWA Studios), an AWA Studios comic book meta series * ''Resistance: Book One'', graphic novel series by Carla Jablonski with art by Leland Purvis and published by First Second Books Fictional characters * Resistance (''Star Wars''), the primary protagonist organization in the Star Wars sequel trilogy *The Resistance, one of two factions in '' Ingress'' Films * ''Resistance'' (1945 film), a 1945 French film * ''Resistance'' (1992 film), a 1992 Australian film * ''Resistance'' (2003 film), a 2003 war film, with Bill Paxton * ''Resistance'' (2011 film), a 2011 war film, with Michael Sheen * ''Resistance'' (2020 film), a 2020 war film, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stargate Worlds
''Stargate Worlds'' (abbreviated as ''SGW'') was to be a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) video game, but it was put on hold and never released. It was developed by Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment (CME) in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and would have been published by FireSky for Microsoft Windows. The game's setting was based on the military science fiction series ''Stargate SG-1''. The game was to focus on a premise set around an ancient device called the "Stargate (device), Stargate". In 2006, both CME and MGM announced the release of a video game set in the Stargate Universe. In 2008, FireSky announced its participation in the process of releasing ''Stargate Worlds''. On March 25, 2010, FireSky announced on their website that CME/CMG had entered receivership. As a result, production on the game ceased. The estimated release date was never revealed before cancellation. The license agreement between CME and MGM expired on November 16, 2010, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth & Beyond
''Earth & Beyond'' was a science fiction massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Westwood Studios and published by Electronic Arts (EA). The game was released in September 2002 in the United States. EA shut down ''Earth & Beyond'' on 22 September 2004. It was the last game developed by Westwood Studios. History Development for ''Earth and Beyond'' – originally designated as ''Project G'' – began in 1997. By 2001, Westwood had created content for over 100 sectors of playable space. Public beta for the game began on 9 March 2002, allowing up to 100,000 new players to roam the sectors and test content. The finished game was launched on September 24 the same year. It was initially shipped in limited quantities to retailers to allow for smooth experience as new players sign on to the servers. In January 2003, the main story line and accompanying events began. This required all players to download a patch and wait for servers to be upgraded. This was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Mage
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Dreams Baseball
Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Diamond is tasteless, odourless, strong, brittle solid, colourless in pure form, a poor conductor of electricity, and insoluble in water. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, but diamond is metastable and converts to it at a negligible rate under those conditions. Diamond has the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any natural material, properties that are used in major industrial applications such as cutting and polishing tools. Because the arrangement of atoms in diamond is extremely rigid, few types of impurity can contaminate it (two exceptions are boron and nitrogen). Small numbers of defects or impurities (about one per million of lattice atoms) can color a diamond blue (boron), yellow (nitrogen), brown (defects), green (radiation exposure), purple, pink, oran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europa Universalis
''Europa Universalis'' is a Grand strategy game, grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published in 2000 by Strategy First. Development The game was originally based on a French board game of the Europa Universalis (board game), same name by Philippe Thibaut that was released in 1993. To facilitate the new game, a new proprietary software engine, known as the Europa Engine, was developed. The game went gold on January 23, 2001. Gameplay ''Europa Universalis'' is a historically accurate real-time strategy game; it recreates 300 years of history from the Age of Discovery in 1492 to Napoleon's rise to power in 1792. The game lets the player take control of one of seven European nations (others are available in different scenarios) from 1492 to 1792, expanding its power through military might, diplomacy, and colonization, colonial wealth. The game takes place on a two-dimensional map divided into approximately 1,500 provinces, and proceeds in a paus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominion Wars
''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars'' is a 2001 space combat/real-time tactics video game for Microsoft Windows developed by Gizmo Industries and published by Simon & Schuster. The game is based on the ''Star Trek'' TV show '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. Gameplay Single-player Gameplay is a mix between real-time tactics and space combat simulation. The game allows simultaneous control of up to six different ships from any of the four main combatant powers in the Dominion War - the Federation, the Klingons, the Cardassians and the Dominion. Missions include both primary and secondary objectives that allow a multitude of solutions for completion. To this end, before most missions, player may choose their ships, captains and accessories from a range of available personnel and ship classes. Completing each mission earns the player credits, which can be used between missions to purchase new ships, more experienced captains or more powerful ship upgrades. Captains gain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dungeons & Dragons
''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical Studies Rules, Tactical Studies Rules (TSR). It has been published by Wizards of the Coast, later a subsidiary of Hasbro, since 1997. The game was derived from miniature wargaming, miniature wargames, with a variation of the 1971 game ''Chainmail (game), Chainmail'' serving as the initial rule system. ''D&D'' publication is commonly recognized as the beginning of modern role-playing games and the role-playing game industry, which also deeply influenced video games, especially the Role-playing video game, role-playing video game genre. ''D&D'' departs from traditional wargame, wargaming by allowing each player to create their own Player character, character to play instead of a military formation. These characters embark upon adventures wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shattered Statue
''The Shattered Statue'' is an adventure module published in 1987 for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary ''The Shattered Statue'' is a Forgotten Realms adventure scenario in which the player characters have been hired to find the pieces of a broken ancient statue so that it can be reassembled and reanimated. This adventure was designed for ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' but is also compatible with '' DragonQuest'' and includes new magic rules for that game. Publication history DQ1 ''The Shattered Statue'' was written by Jennell Jaquays Jennell Allyn Jaquays (born Paul Jaquays; October 14, 1956 – January 10, 2024) was an American game designer, Game art design, video game artist, and illustrator of tabletop role-playing games (RPGs). Her notable works include the ''Dungeons & ... with David J. Ritchie and Gerry Klug, with a cover by Daniel Horne and interior illustrations by Jaquays, and was published by TSR in 1988 as a 48-page ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
